Sorry for the late post, but it's the Christmas season & there is so much to do! I actually forgot to PVR Survivor, so had to catch up online yesterday. Phew! It was a good one... and only one (sniff!) more (sniff!) left! Don't forget that the finale is on SUNDAY! So exciting! Who are you guessing will win? I'm secretly hoping for Fabio or Dan, but have a bad feeling it will be Sash or Holly. Personally, I'm rooting for the less annoying people to win. Chase, well, he's a lost cause, non? Why bother.
Chase just can't help himself. I take it all back about Fabio being the mimbo. I now believe that Fabio is actually a lot more of a smarty pants than he lets on, and that Chase is the mimbo. Chase, who let himself get swayed every time Brenda batted her eyelashes. The guy has literally promised everyone something and then has gone back on his promise. And not in the clever, Russell Hantz way... but in a way that suggests he maybe just can't remember who he's promised what. On this week's episode, we see him promise Fabio that he'll take him on reward if he wins. Yep (insert eye roll here), we've all seen this play out before. Chase did, in fact, win reward and did not take Fabio. Instead he took Sash (no one argued with this pick, as Sash hadn't been on reward forever, plus Chase screwed Sash over last time with his "promises" remember?) and Holly. Why Holly? He was clearly drawing a line with his new alliance and cutting out Jane.
Thing was, it was the family episode. Gets me every time. I love watching them with their families and seeing how emotional they all get. It makes them more human, right? And it's funny how even the most manly dudes get caught up in everyone's emotional-ness. Dan pretty much lost it when watching the video of his sons, and then when his son came out & hugged him. Cute to see the son giving dad lots of kisses on the head! So of course, everyone wanted to go on reward with their loved one. Fabio, however, was particularly pissed at Chase. Not only had Chase promised him he'd go, but apparently they had bonded over the love of their moms (that doesn't come out right, but you know what I mean.) And apparently Fabio only sees his mom a couple times a year, etc. so he just about threw a fit when Chase didn't pick him. So much for the "playing it cool" strategy.
So the three of them - Sash, Holly & Chase - seem to have all the power. They decided to vote off Fabio it seemed, but Fabio won immunity, so it looked like Jane would be the next pick. And a smart move, right? We've all talked about it - how no one would beat Jane at the end... how no one wanted to go up against her. So it was a matter of time 'til they turned against her. However, Jane caught them talking and confronted them on it... Chase (who also is the WORST liar ever) pretty much came out & said yes, Jane, we are voting you out. Well, Jane lost it. They were supposed to be the final four together, blah, blah, blah. On the way to Tribal Council, she threw pots of water on the fire saying, "I started it, I can damn well put it out!"
Now here's the thing... well two things really.
1) Why the heck didn't the other three - Jane, Fabio and Dan - try to form their own alliance and knock one of the others? Sure Chase & Sash had immunity idols, but they could have knocked out Holly. Even my boyfriend Jeff at Tribal Council put this question to them. He even said, "Here's what my mom would ask.." then put on his mom voice (Hee!)... "Why don't those other three form an alliance?" So all I can figure is either a) they didn't think of it, b) Jane was too busy being mad to come up with another alliance & save her butt and/or c) Fabio and Dan also know that Jane needs to go for them to get ahead in the game and are happy enough to take their chances against the others. Let the others be the "flippers" and just go along. Hell, Dan is just happy to still be there! Thing is, depending on how much the others have to backstab and how well he handles himself in the final questions, a guy like Dan could do well in the end. Right? Worked for Natalie! And Fabio's in the same boat, only he has more chance of making it to the end by winning immunity.
2) Jane, oh Jane. Jane is Survivor McGuyver, remember? So for someone who's SUCH a huge Survivor fan, who's seen all the seasons, who practiced before going on the show.... how does she not realize that alliances are meant to be broken? As poolster Don noted, alliances only work until they don't. Good point. I mean, I get her being pissed that she got booted out, for sure. Especially by Chase (did you love Jane saying that Chase "had better not show his face in North Carolina again!" Hee!) But, come on. Again, it makes me crazy to no end - and you've heard the rant many times here - how some people think that to win Survivor... or maybe it's to "DESERVE" to win Survivor, you have to play with "integrity"... this magical thing that some players think is necessary to deserve the million bucks. Thing is, the game is "outwit, outplay, outlast" and sometimes outwitting means lying. It's not a ponzi scheme, no one is worse off in life. It's like being mad because someone bluffed you in poker to make you think they have a full house when really they have a seven and a three. Do they not deserve to win? It's part of the game. You're not supposed to look disappointed when you get dealt your seven-three. You're supposed to do what you can to win the pot. In the end, the combination of these things is why Survivor is fun to watch. Guys like Russell Hantz don't win because they don't put any work into the personal part of the game - making people THINK they "deserve" the money and at the same time why people like stupid Purple Kelly won't win either, because they have no strategy (well, and the fact that she's a quitter). It's a balance of the two. Jane had it going on & while I'm sad to see her voted out, I'm also super pleased to see people playing the game. I'd have voted her skinny, McGuyver butt out long ago.
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